Welcome to the 9th annual #SpookyShowcase, a Halloween artist and author showcase. A full schedule of submissions can be found here so you don't miss a single entry for THESE DEADLY CURSES. Now, on to today's submission! Time by Kathleen Palm I fixed it. I think. I hope. Because my Emily will love it. She needs it. Something bright and happy in a world of chemo and doctors and dark and pain. My black fingernails tap on the trunk as it pops open, adding to the evening song, the happy crickets and cicadas melding with the happy cries of kids[...]